Posts by B'rit Hadasha (Page 7)

Posts by B'rit Hadasha (Page 7)

Cleaning the House, Pt 2

So What is Chametz? In Torah, chametz is a fermented food using one, or more, of the five common grains used in Biblical times for bread making: barley, rye, oats, wheat, and spelt (BROWS), If these grains are mixed with water, they will begin to ferment. They will do so even if you do not add yeast to them, because they naturally pick up wild yeasts from the air. Grain +…

Cleaning the House, Pt 1

So it’s time to clean the house…. No, not just because it is spring— which it is—but because Pesach, or Passover, is fast approaching. The day of Passover is immediately followed by the Feast of Unleavened Bread, a time rich in significance for us in Messiah. So, yes, we concentrate on the spiritual significance of the search for and removal of “leaven” from our homes.…